Weird, I always had him pegged as the “Magic assless Chaps and a leather biker hat with a harness vest” type…
also, the President of the Mormons looks exactly like I’d expect him to.
That’s for when the thong is in the laundry.
must. not. make. pegged. joke.
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At least they were smart enough to register the domain name 
What does Jesus say about the rest of us who don’t give a toss?
Look, I’ve got nothing against LDS folks - you do you. But policing the name to say “oh now you need to call us something way longer and more complicated because reasons” is just asking for ridicule.
{{Citation Needed}}
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Is that commercial from before or after tCoJCoLDS decided black people could become priests? 
I’ll respect their wishes when they start respecting mine by not meddling in my life such that I don’t have to know the details of their religion in order to understand the political and legal landscape.
I live in Utah.
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Thank you for sharing. Been there twice, never knew once.
And what a name it is.
Immediately transports me to a Gaimanesque style of meta-fantasy.
I shall look up Chiang Mai next…
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I would be 100% on-board with Neil Gaiman reworking my country’s (US) place names.
I mean, when interacting with them I’ll call individual people whatever they want, yes even the late Emperor Norton. If they insist on super-long names, how often I interact with them will be at least partially dependent on how much I enjoy saying the same. Life’s too short to deadname people.
But a religious organization as a whole? I’m really warming to Ziontologists (with thanks to @Shakeyjake).
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He wouldn’t. He’d just add a backstory and real names to all places, I betcha. And he would probably do thorough research on each one, so it would take more than a lifetime to do even one state.
I think he should start with Utah. Seems to me like there is a need for real names there.
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Aw come on, you don’t like Beaver?
I guess I would peoy only like the name.
The real reason why Nelson is doing this, is because he tried to push this agenda 28 years ago when he wasn’t so high up in the church. He gave a very similar speech about how we shouldn’t use the nickname Mormons. A much higher level guy (Hinckley) got up in the very next conference and said basically, “yeah, that would be great but Mormons is really catchy and memorable and nobody is going to stop using it.” Nelson has been pissed off about it ever since. Now that he is president, this is his chance TO “correct” what has been wrong for so long (his words) and he’s chosen this hill to quite literally die on, most likely.
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It’s The Tabernacle Choir Formerly Known As The Mormons.
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El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles
And what to gringos call it? L.A.
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Good old Mr. Nelson. Ahhh, meeee.
I love the Porno for Pyros song “Pets”, but I completely disagree with the clearly intended meaning behind the coupling of these two lines from the lyrics:
“Children are innocent…
… and elderlies are like children.”
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